Implementation of Standard Precautions constitutes the primary strategy for the prevention of healthcare-associated transmission of infectious agents among patients and healthcare personnel.

D.&nbsp

Standard Precautions are intended to protect patients by ensuring that healthcare personnel do not carry infectious agents to patients on their hands or via equipment used during patient care.

E.&nbsp

Standard Precautions include a group of infection prevention practices that apply to all patients, regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status, in any setting in which healthcare is delivered.

6.

There
are 3 recently added elements to Standard Precautions that focus on protection
of patients. These are: 1) Respiratory Hygiene/Cough Etiquette, 2) Safe Injection Practices, and 3) Use of Masks for Insertion of Catheters.Respiratory Hygiene/Cough Etiquette includes all of the following except:

A.&nbsp

Education of healthcare facility staff, patients, and visitors

B.&nbsp

Posted signs, in language(s) appropriate to the population served, with instructions to patients and accompanying family members or friends

C.&nbsp

Covering the mouth/nose with a tissue when coughing and prompt disposal of used tissues, using surgical masks on the coughing person when tolerated an appropriate

Use of single-dose vials is preferred over multiple-dose vials, especially when medications will be administered to multiple patients.

B.&nbsp

Outbreaks related to unsafe injection practices indicate that some healthcare personnel are unaware of, do not understand, or do not adhere to basic principles of infection control and aseptic technique.

C.&nbsp

Among the deficiencies identified in recent outbreaks were a lack of oversight of personnel and failure to follow-up on reported breaches in infection control practices in ambulatory settings. equipment and medication

D.&nbsp

Infection control and aseptic technique need to be reinforced in training programs and incorporated into institutional polices that are monitored for adherence.

E.&nbsp

Reinsertion of used needles into a multiple-dose vial or solution container is acceptable as long as the needle is disinfected after each administration.

8.

Transmission Based Precautions are a second level of precautions used
when the route(s) of transmission is (are) not completely interrupted using Standard Precautions alone. Each of the statements below is true except:

A.&nbsp

Contact Precautions also apply where the presence of excessive wound drainage, fecal incontinence, or other discharges from the body suggest an increased potential for extensive environmental contamination and risk of transmission.

B.&nbsp

Healthcare personnel caring for patients on Contact Precautions wear a gown, gloves, and mask for all interactions that may involve contact with the patient or potentially contaminated areas in the patient's environment.

C.&nbsp

Droplet Precautions are intended to prevent transmission of pathogens spread through close respiratory or mucous membrane contact with respiratory secretions.

D.&nbsp

In settings where Airborne Precautions cannot be implemented due to limited engineering resources (e.g., physician offices), masking the patient, placing the patient in a private room (e.g., office examination room) with the door closed, and providing intravenous antibiotics will reduce the likelihood of airborne transmission until the patient is no longer in the facility.

E.&nbsp

Healthcare personnel caring for patients on Airborne Precautions wear a mask that is donned prior to room entry.